This will need to be live-mapped to some degree as people get word. I'm struggling with a better approach given the unique situation this presents, especially since the next Oklahoma NAIP isn't due to fly for a few more days.
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, > > I would like to help , but I need some guidance. I assume we don't want > to map what existed before the disaster (what currently shows up on Bing > Imagery). However, I see that some people are tracing buildings that they > believe survived. Are we supposed to map the current situation? If so, > given the near impossibility of a ground survey, and no current imagery > (forgive me if I missed an earlier message), how are we supposed to map? > From news reports? Given that the current situation is some what > transient (roads will be reopened, homes will be rebuilt, etc), do we > really want to map the exact current conditions? > > I am not trying to be difficult, just want to make a positive > contribution, and not do something that someone else will have to spend > effort to undo. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, I'm trying to get started on disaster mapping in the Moore area >> following the storm, since we're talking about a 22 mile track that is >> affecting navigation and basic mobility in a long swath at the primary >> egress to a major metro, not to mention everyday navigation for people >> working and doing business in that suburb. Cleanup is still basically not >> even started, and in several cases, buildings were wholly wiped out >> including the concrete slab. >> >> So far, the only thing I know concretely would be the general outline of >> the disaster area (something I forwarded earlier that got sent to me via >> okgis, hopefully it got delivered to the list, if not it's still caught in >> moderation), that "moore area" I 35 ramps are open only to emergency >> traffic, and many surface streets are open only to emergency traffic. I >> haven't been able to find out specifics (news reports have been vague, even >> OklaDOT isn't specifying which I35 exits and normally they're unbelievably >> specific), and I can't do a land survey, for obvious reasons (City of Moore >> is asking everyone to stay back unless they want to go clean up the >> cemetery tomorrow morning, even residents aren't being allowed into the >> disaster area). >> >> Any specific information and tagging suggestions would be greatly >> appreciated; I recommend people using JOSM grab the geochat plugin to help >> coordinate mapping effort (or at least keep an eyeball out for other >> mappers working the area). >> >> Rough bounding box for the affected area (plus some margin of error): >> 35.2181365, -97.7075958 >> 35.3918488, -97.3526001 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> >
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